Story+1978-11-29+St.+Paul,+MN

"Listen, we're gonna be playing, a long time tonight, so all you guys just standing up, sit down (chuckles) (?) . . . we're just startin', so you guys ought to find your seats or something so, you don't have to stand in everybody's way tonight . . . it's too early (?) . . . (?) . . . this is uh, this is Darkness On The Edge Of Town . . . "
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Darkness On The Edge Of Town´**

"This is uh, this is a song that . . . I was originally gonna put out on our last album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town . . . it's called uh, Independence Day . . . "
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Independence Day´**

"Promised Land . . . "
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´The Promised Land´**

"You think you can prove it all night? . . . "
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Prove It All Night´**

"Racing In The Street . . . "
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Racing In The Street´**

´´Here´s Merry Christmas to everybody, here we go....”
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Santa Claus Is Coming to Town´**

"This is uh, . . . this is, this is called Fire . . ."
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Fire´**

" . . . I drive by her house . . . she ain't home . . . I call her up on the telephone . . . she ain't home . . . I send her a letter . . . but no reply . . . sometimes, I just wanna ... lay down and . . . look for somebody else . . . she makes me so mad . . . I get so mad, I feel like . . . Smokin' Joe . . . I get mad . . . I feel like ... Jesse James . . . I get mad . . . I feel like ... Pretty Boy Floyd . . . I get mad . . . I feel like ... Al Capone . . . I get mad . . . I feel like ... Popeye . . . Sometimes, I get so mad . . . that I just . . . that I just . . . that I just . . . I just wanna . . . I just . . . I just feel like I wanna . . . I just feel like I gotta . . . I just feel like I wanna . . . [fan yells a perfectly timed: 'You son-of-a-bitch!'] I just don't know . . . "
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, in to ´I Get Mad' in 'She's The One'´**

´´Hey, little girl....hey you.....it´s good to see you back again....yeah, you look, you´re still looking fine, it´s been such a....long, long, long, long, long time.....and I remember you..... yeah, I remember you.....standing on the corner....looking so fine....with that look in your eye ....for every boy who was passing you by....and I remember....all the guys on my block called you Flamingo....ooh.....and I remember we´d hitchhike outside of town.....to that stripped-down Cadillac....baby´d take me riding in back.....baby´d take me riding in back..... baby´d take me riding in back.....down and down and down and down inside.....yeah, on the inside....on the outside....hear ´em crying....on the inside we´d go down and down, we rode ....on the outside....hear the sirens.....on the inside....down and down we rode....on the outside....hear ´em dying....on the inside....down and down we rode.....and I remember I swore....I swore that for you I´d drive all night....anytime anyplace....I´d drive all night.... anytime anyplace....just to buy you some shoes....just to check you out....just to see how you´s doing.....and to taste your tender charms....to have you.....hold me in, in your arms.... and you promised....that you´d never leave without me....I remember....I remember that night you promised....that you´d never leave without me.....and like everything else was back then ....you promised....and baby, you lied....baby, you lied.....little girl lied.....baby, you lied.... you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies....so now you´ve come back.....so now you´re back.....well, just what makes you think....just what makes you think, girl....just what makes you think....that you could stop....that you could stop....that you´ll stop....it´s got to stop....(?) stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop....STOP !....”
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, middle of ´Backstreets´**

´´I got....a confession to make.....you see, I wasn´t always....this miserable, brokenhearted thing you see in front of you....I was in love once.....I even had a girlfriend....I bet there´s a lot of you guys out there with your girlfriends tonight, right ? let me hear you (not much response from the crowd) did you leave ´em all home ?....there´s nobody out there with their girlfriends tonight ?...what´s the world coming to ?....who are you with ?....this, here´s a guy, is she not your girlfriend ? (?)....I don´t feel so bad now (chuckles) I wasn´t miserable, brokenhearted like all you guys, right ? (chuckles)....I had this girl, we ran away from her mother and father and went to California.....and then she ran away from me....so, ever since those days I´ve been on a hunt....I´ve been looking, I´ve been searching.....every town I stop in along the road, I go down to the police department, I hire the best detective in town..... because....she ain´t up there, is she ?....Rosie, wherever you are, come on back....I can´t live without you..... (....) On the piano....Professor Roy Bittan.....on the guitar....Miami Steve Van Zandt.....on the drums, the Mighty Max....on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W. Tallent....on the organ, Mr.Dan Federici....and last but not least....king of the world.....the master of disaster....is it a bird ?.... is it a plane ?....is it the Big Man ?.....Clarence Clemons on the saxophone....”
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Rosalita´**

´´All you guys be careful up here, don´t, don´t crush these guys in the front too tight against this stage, I don´t want anyone getting hurt, ok ?....try to make a little space....I´d like to thank everybody for coming down to the show, thank you very much.....(?)....my head, my head´s too big already, you see ? (chuckles) I´ll wear this on my nose....”
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Born to Run´**

´´Don´t I look ridiculous ? (chuckles).... (....) I got a....an emergency announcement to make, I just spoke to the hall manager over here and he asked me to announce, bring it down please....that if there´s, uh....please, this is very serious, if there´s anybody in the house that has a weak, a weak heart or a weak stomach, during the next section of this song, would you please step out into the lobby as it might be dangerous to your health....now I warned you.....so don´t sue me.....you see it ain´t so bad when we do this.....and it ain´t so bad when me and the Big Man do this....and you may even escape with light injuries and maybe a short trip to the emergency room if you stick around when we do this....but....telephone the next of kin when we do this.....”
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, intro to ´Detroit Medley´**

"Give me some echo, Bobby . . . Alright, grab your partners . . . this is the last dance . . . a-1, a-2, a-1, 2, 3, 4  . . . Somebody stop me! . . . Before I hurt myself! . . . (band stops) . . . Are you talkin' to me? (crowd: 'YEAH!') . . . Are you talkin' to me? (crowd: 'YEAH!') . . . Are you talkin' to me? (crowd: 'YEAH!') . . . Better talk louder than that . . .  . . . Think you're tough, huh? . . . 1, 2, 3, 4 >Q23-4> . . . Do it one time for the lady upstairs . . .  . . . I'm just a prisoner . . . OF ROCK AND ROLL! . . . Are you alive? (crowd: 'YEAH!') . . . Are you alive? (crowd: 'YEAH!') . . . Are you alive? (crowd: 'YEAH!') . . . Me too . .  to end."
 * 29.11.78 St.Paul, MN, ALL of ´Quarter To Three´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//